[Nix-dev] Re: User environment hooks . o ( started dreaming / don't know )

Ludovic Courtès ludo at gnu.org
Wed Oct 15 11:08:04 CEST 2008


Hi,

Michael Raskin <7c6f434c at mail.ru> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> The problem is with directories (info "(texinfo)Installing Dir
>> Entries").  Directories show the list of available manuals when running
>> `info' (or `C-h i' in Emacs) with no arguments.
>> 
>> Conversely, accessing a specific manual, e.g., with "info emacs", does
>> work, thanks to the `$INFOPATH'.
>
> You wanted to say 'info -f emacs'. 'info emacs' looks up in the directory.

Well, "info emacs" does look for `dir' files, but it doesn't use them to
locate `emacs.info*'.

Thanks,
Ludo'.




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